Brave New World. London: Chatto & Windus, 1932. First Edition. Publisher’s blue cloth boards, title & decorative motif to spine, in publisher’s pictorial dust jacket. Spine lightly sunned and scuffed (upper cover more so). Minor rubbing to corners and spine ends. Edges toned and lightly foxed. The dust-jacket is sunned on the spine, chipped at the ends, with minor nicks to the margins (predominantly at the head) and light spotting on the inside.

Autograph Letter Signed (“Aldous Huxley”), responding to an admirer it bears Huxley’s resonant closing remark: “With all good wishes for Posterity & in the hope that it will not inhabit a Brave New World“—a telling reference to his dystopian novel published that same year.

One of the few science fiction novels of the 1930’s that was considered a major work by the critics.

Alongside Orwell’s 1984, Brave New World stands out as one of the classic dystopian novels of the 20th century. For collectors, it represents one of the most important first editions of the 20th century, both for its literary impact and its scarcity in original dust jacket – depicting a futuristic, geometric design and is one of the most recognisable (and valuable) jackets in modern literature.